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LIVE SESSION45 Minutes · Q&A Live

The paperwork looked clean.The instrument wasn't.

Most fraud in trade finance doesn't look like fraud. The SWIFT code resolves, the signatory exists, the letterhead looks right. A 45-minute session on how sophisticated fraud is built to pass a visual check, and what actually catches it.

August 20, 20263:30 PM ESTLive via Zoom
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$15 USDOne-time · secures your seat

For professionals in trade finance and private credit.

Your Host
Taimour Zaman
Taimour Zaman
Founder, AltFunds Global

I built DiligencePro after watching forged SBLCs, fabricated Euroclear certificates, and fake Safe Keeping Receipts cross my own desk. Standard checks missed every one.

Toronto · Zurich$1M-$500M12 yrs structured finance
The Real Reason Deals Stall

The paperwork looked clean. The instrument wasn't.

Most fraud in trade finance doesn't look like fraud. The checks you already run are the reason it gets through:

The SWIFT code resolves
It confirms a message format, not a real, authorised instrument.
The signatory exists
The name is in the public directory. The authorised-signatory status is not.
Standard checks cover 3 to 5 databases
Built for HR screening, blind to trade finance fraud markers.
The clock is the weapon
"The window closes Friday" is designed to outrun verification.

You already ran a background check and it came back clean. Here is the problem. Standard background checks were built for HR departments. They answer one question: has this person committed a crime that appears in a publicly indexed database? They do not tell you whether an instrument is forged, whether a corporate structure is concealing liability, or whether a trade desk has ever been registered anywhere.

Private investigators go deeper, but they cost thousands and take weeks. In trade finance, by the time the report lands, the deal window has closed or the counterparty has vanished. This session is about the gap in between, and how to close it before money moves.

The counterparty who needs speed is usually the one who cannot survive scrutiny.
Built For A Specific Operator

Who this is for

Trade Finance & Private Credit

You move on SBLCs, MT799s, and counterparties you cannot fully see. One forged instrument would cost you the deposit and the relationship.

Brokers & Intermediaries

You put your name behind a deal before you can prove the instrument and the counterparty are what they appear to be.

Operators Facing a Friday Deadline

You are being rushed to wire against documents that pass every visual check, and you want your answers before the pressure starts.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2045 minutesLive + Q&A

What you will walk out with

Forty-five minutes on how sophisticated fraud is built to pass a visual check, and the framework that catches it. Thirty minutes teaching, fifteen minutes of your questions. No pitch.

How to tell whether an instrument is real, on evidence rather than gut, and how fraud is engineered to pass a visual check.
The six dimensions of a proper counterparty assessment, and the two most professionals skip.
How to read a risk score between 0 and 100, and decide what a 45 actually means.
A verification framework that runs in under four minutes, before the broker's Friday deadline.
Why standard background checks and private investigators both miss trade finance fraud.
How to run a confidential check on a counterparty you are already negotiating with.

The Seat Fee

$15 USD. It confirms your place, and nothing more.

No pitch and no upsell in the room. You leave with the framework whether or not you ever run a DiligencePro check or engage AltFunds Global.

DiligencePro itself is $49 per check: 40-plus databases, 34 trade finance fraud signatures, a scored dossier in under four minutes. No subscription.

Taimour Zaman
Your Host

Taimour Zaman

Founder & Chief Capital Strategist, AltFunds Global

Founder of AltFunds Global, working from Toronto and Zurich. He built DiligencePro after forged SBLCs, fabricated Euroclear certificates, and fake Safe Keeping Receipts crossed his own desk, and standard checks missed every one. DiligencePro screens 40-plus databases and 34 trade finance fraud signatures and returns a scored dossier in under four minutes. He runs this session personally.

Toronto · Zurich$1M-$500M placedAuthor, 6 books on capital

Questions

Professionals in trade finance, private credit, and alternative finance: capital providers, brokers, and operators who look at instruments and counterparties and need to know they are real before money moves.

No. It is 45 minutes of education plus live Q&A. If DiligencePro fits how you work, you can use it. If it does not, the framework is yours to keep.

Yes. The check is confidential. The counterparty is not informed.

AltFunds Global's diligence tool. It screens 40-plus databases and 34 trade finance fraud signatures and returns a scored Threat Index dossier in under four minutes, at $49 per check with no subscription.

A $15 seat fee is charged through the event platform to confirm your place.

The live Q&A is the point, so attendance is strongly recommended. Email hello@altfundsglobal.com before August 18 if you cannot attend and we will sort it out.

Register

If you work in trade finance or private credit and you have ever looked at an instrument and felt uncertain, this is the room to be in. Learn how fraud actually works, and how to catch it before you wire.

Reserve my seat
$15 USD
For professionals in trade finance and private credit.